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Word Crimes by Weird Al Yankovic

In: Life, Reading, Uncategorized, Writing on: July 24, 2014

A friend shared this with me on Facebook, then I started to see it everywhere! Oh, how it made me laugh! If you are a grammar nerd or if you just like to see language used correctly, you'll enjoy this. …

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Get it Right, Y’all

In: Life, Uncategorized, Writing on: August 24, 2012

This Texas girl's biggest pet peeve: misspelling y'all as ya'll. Get it right, people! You + All = Y'all Hope y'all have a great day! :)   photo credit: tochis via photo pin cc …

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The Synonym Finder

In: Uncategorized, Writing on: May 11, 2011

If you are a word-lover like I am, sometimes you get frustrated in finding one that conveys your exact meaning. I find this especially true in my writing. So many words spill out of my fingers that at some point I’m throwing …

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